elongatum cylindraceum productum. Columna generis. 
Pollinia duo. 
A leafless epiphyte with tangled vermiform roots. 
Roots 2-4 mm. in diameter, elongated, greenish white, 
closely appressed in a tangled mass to twigs and branches 
of trees. Scapes up to 4cm. long, the older ones persist- 
ing, seeming to spring from the roots, slender, bearing 
several sheathing bracts which are about 2 mm. long and 
acute at the apex. Ovary sharply arcuate above the mid- 
dle, verruculose. Flowers few, light yellowish green, 
opening in succession. Sepals and petals spreading, sim- 
ilar, about 8 mm. long, about 1 mm. wide, oblong, nar- 
rowed toward the tip, acute, 3-nerved, rather fleshy. La- 
bellum simple, produced at base into an elongated slen- 
der cylindrical spur which is about 15-19 mm. long; 
above the spur the labellum is trulliform, about 6 mm. 
long, strongly concave, fleshy, acute, ecallose. Column 
abbreviated. Pollinia two, rounded. 
Hispaniota: Dominican Republic, near La Romana. Leafless or- 
chid with light yellowish flowers. April 1937. L. Ariza Julia s.n. 
(Type in Herb. Ames No. 46738). 
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